Question

A restaurant pushes together 3 tables to seat 13 people. Complete parts a-c below. a. Find the number of tables needed to seat up to 65 people by completing the ratio table. Tables 3 9 12 People 13 26 65

Answer 1

Tables 3 6 9 12 15

People 13 26 39 52 65

1) Let's fill in the table, considering a proportional rate for that:

2)

Tables 3 6 9 12 15

People 13 26 39 52 65

Note that when we add 3 tables we add 13 to the capacity of people. There is why we can fill in that table with multiples of 13 on the row "People"